San Diego County Surf

Detailed San Diego County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in San Diego County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in San Diego County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in San Diego County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from San Diego County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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San Diego County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the San Diego County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the San Diego County coastline are also listed below.

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San Diego County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Birdrock CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte
Rating	2	1	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	2.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	6	11	12	15	11	11	11	14	10	10	18	11	13	13	14	14	13	17	16
Energy(?)	216	96	151	247	733	335	261	239	315	285	99	224	1459	2807	450	733	713	667	604	401	928	825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 2.11		7:46PM 1.57	7:08AM 2.16		8:36PM 1.14	7:44AM 2.20		8:51PM 1.11	7:51AM 1.78		10:01PM 1.15	8:33AM 2.20		10:29PM 1.43	9:05AM 2.02		11:01PM 0.99	9:16AM 1.66		12:00AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)	12:23AM 0.83		1:34PM 0.38	12:50AM 0.91		2:06PM 0.29	1:20AM 0.62		2:38PM 0.24	1:35AM 0.65		3:24PM 0.23	2:27AM 0.71		3:58PM -0.07	2:34AM 1.15		4:48PM 0.29	2:52AM 0.80		5:12PM 0.02	3:20AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	12	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	4	9	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	15	15	15	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	17	16	18	18	17	19	19	18
Low °C	16	17	16	14	15	14	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	17	16	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	16	15	15	16	14	13	15	16	15	18	18	17	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	2.2 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	15	12	11	13	13	14	14	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	13	6	17	16	12	16	15	15	14	14	5	13	13	18	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	17	14	16	6	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	15	11	15	15
Energy(?)	261	244	235	208	226	227	220	63	247	171	202	257	595	552	510	630	1483	1318	261	251	218	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 1.58			6:44AM 2.11					7:33PM 1.18				7:11AM 2.18				8:43PM 1.43				7:27AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			12:23AM 0.83					1:51PM 0.39			12:47AM 0.51					2:06PM 0.29				1:11AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	17	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	17	13	14	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	14	12	12	6	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	17	12	16	16	11	16	16	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	14	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	267	265	261	258	257	253	216	78	235	115	113	108	143	227	182	197	1274	1274	146	151	150	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:04PM 1.58											6:46AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)									12:23AM 0.83													1:36PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	5	11	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	14	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	5	10	13	10	13	13	12	12	6	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	5	5	5